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With so much going on in Baylor sports, here’s my opinion on whether you’re overreacting or not.

NaLyssa Smith, widely considered the No. 1 pick in the upcoming WNBA draft, has done everything imaginable at Baylor, from winning championships to breaking records. While the 6-foot-4-inch forward from Converse is excited for the future, Smith’s focus is on having fun and enjoying the moment as well as what she’s been able to do as a Bear.

Freshman forwards Jeremy Sochan and Kendall Brown have been a consistent backbone for MBB and a big reason for its success.

With three new transfer guards, James Akinjo, Jordan Lewis and Ja’Mee Asberry, have stepped up to help Baylor further excel their basketball program.

When Kim Mulkey announced she was leaving the Baylor women’s basketball program to coach at Louisiana State University, she shocked the Baylor nation, but Nicki Collen continues to prove the program is in good hands.

The Baylor men’s basketball has been focused on repeating its national title all year, and on Thursday the team officially gets to kick off that quest.

After staying with the Baylor women’s basketball program the last four years, senior center Queen Egbo has grown in her game, found consistency and built a sisterhood.

For the last two seasons, Baylor men’s basketball never had to worry about who was suiting up at the five spot, as senior forward Flo Thamba brought consistency and reliability night in and night out.

Senior forward Caitlin Bickle knows her role and plays it well. Bickle thrives on doing anything she can to help the team win.

Senior forward Matthew Mayer has grown as a player in his time at Baylor and is looking ahead to a potential NBA career.

While Baylor University took the last week off, Baylor Athletics kept moving as multiple teams competed over spring break. Here’s a rundown of everything that took place while you were away.

Robert Griffin III and Suzie Snider Eppers were welcomed into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022 on Saturday.

Baylor MBB earned No. 1 seed and WBB earned a No. 2 seed for the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

No. 4 Baylor women’s basketball fell to No. 7 University of Texas, 67-58 in the Big 12 Championship final Sunday afternoon at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., snapping their 12-game winning streak as well as a 13-game winning streak over the Longhorns.

Senior forwards Nalyssa Smith and Caitlin Bickle both picked up career highs in points to push Baylor women’s basketball to the Big 12 Championship game.

No. 4 Baylor women’s basketball advance to the semifinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament after beating Oklahoma State University in the quarterfinals 76-36 Friday afternoon.

Baylor men’s basketball suffered a quick exit at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship to the University of Oklahoma.

No. 5 Baylor women’s basketball clinched an outright Big 12 championship for the first time in 11 years after demolishing Texas Tech University 82-57 on Sunday afternoon at the Ferrell Center behind a career-high 35 points from NaLyssa Smith.

The Bears become back-to-back Big 12 regular season champions after defeating Iowa State 75-68.

Seven-time WNBA All-Star and former Baylor Bear Brittney Griner is reportedly being detained in Russia after customs officials at Shremetyevo International Airport near Moscow found vape cartridges that contained hashish oil in her carry-on luggage last month.

Ackera Nugent is a world champion, under-20 world record holder and national champion, even though she never even wanted to run.

He has done the most with the least, and he has sustained a different level of greatness with just two players on the NBA’s all-time 75 list.

Baylor baseball will continue a five-game road stand in Houston for the 2022 Shriners Children’s College Classic, looking to continue playing well against tough competition.

Baylor baseball took a pit stop in Houston for a midweek clash with Rice University and picked up a 9-0 win before the 2022 Shriners Children’s College Classic.

No. 20 Baylor women’s golf finished tied for fourth at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, shooting a three-day total of 21-over 873.

No. 20 Baylor WT found a 4-0 win against Rice University on Wednesday in Houston, with a doubles point triumph and victories on courts four, five and six.

Freshman pitcher Kaci West throws perfect game in game one of the Bears’ doubleheaders.

Hit with back-to-back season-ending injuries in his first two years at Baylor, Will Rigney has defeated all odds and made his way back into a bullpen rotation.

No. 5 Baylor women’s basketball captured a share of their 12th-consecutive Big 12 regular season title with an 87-62 beatdown of No. 9 Iowa State University Monday night.

While it seemed like every Baylor fan imaginable was at the Ferrell Center on Saturday to see the basketball double-header against the University of Kansas, many other Baylor Athletics programs competed on the road, so here’s everything in case you missed it.